(Bloomberg) -- Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves kicked off a two-day China visit Saturday, a landmark exchange highlighting the Labour government’s efforts to stay focused on long-term plans to get the British economy growing again even as ...

It follows criticism of the chancellor's trip which comes at a time of economic unease as UK borrowing costs rise.

Rachel Reeves has said the UK has "no choice" but to engage "confidently" with China, as she arrived in Beijing to begin what she described as "financial dialogue" between the nations.

But Chief Secretary to the Treasury Darren Jones, standing in for Reeves in the Commons on Thursday, said the trip was "important" for UK trade and there was "no need for an emerg